Jesus didn't tell you to tolerate the evil people. Quite the contrary:
"Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you."
Believe in Jesus, or else.
You think Jesus came to bring peace or to bring a sword?
"Do not assume that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword."
"Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.…"
Jesus did not tell you to love degeneracy. We are told to hate wickedness.
"To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech."
Christianity is all about love and tolerance? Yay hippie nonsense.
Christians love their neighbours, fellow Christians, but we do not tolerate the infidels and faithless commies.
So yes, if you want to play them at their own game, then Christianity has a 2000 years old track record of beating everyone else. And I'm a wicked atheist -- but I think it's mostly because the word that I was taught did not resonate with me. Reading the bible myself is restoring my faith, 1 verse at a time.
Which explains why you took the above verses out of context. Why didn’t Paul or Peter reign down fire on their enemies? Why does the father say, “Precious are the deaths of the saints in the eyes of the LORD”?
Because, his kingdom is not of this world, or the world would have been taken over. Instead, the saints now suffer, and increase in faith for the kingdom which is to come, and will come as the books of revelation, Isaiah, and Malachi foretell. Christians who suffer patiently for the coming grace show the faith the LORD has given them. And they pray for those who persecute them.
The LORD simply allows those who persecute them to either turn from their sin in repentance to Jesus, or perish. Why should people who were sinners and are now saved wish for the destruction of their former brothers who now suffer in their same evil?
Jesus didn't tell you to kneel before the commies. To accept degeneracy.
"As for those who persist in sin, rebuke them in the presence of all, so that the rest may stand in fear."
What to do about faithless commies that deny Jesus or the Son?
"Whoever abides in the teaching has both the Father and the Son. If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house or give him any greeting, for whoever greets him takes part in his wicked works."
I'm still a newb, so if I am "taking it out of context", I would rather you bring forth the needed understanding than using rhetorical questions. What I did find is that reading the bible for myself is giving me an entirely different understanding than the one I've been taught and Jesus is full of strength and mighty, one could say Godly, power.
I haven't come to the pray for my enemies part of the bible. To be honest, the first half of the book is about how God destroys anyone who just as much as looks at his people in the wrong way and Jesus doesn't seem to be much forgiving to the cities that don't kindly welcome his disciplies either.
In fact, from what I've read, Christians wouldn't be asking if they can please not bake that gay cake, lol. As if they needed permission from disbelievers.
You’re wrong. Why did Paul, who wrote much of the New Testament, saw Jesus personally, and perform many miracles, willingly suffer so much at the hands of Jews and gentiles alike?
Surely it was not because they were stronger than Christ, but because it glorified Christ for Paul to be merciful towards them in the same way God was to him.
The world loves violence, and bloodshed. The nation’s roar and harm each other as they always have, but God’s kingdom stands firm. Jesus is still at the right hand of God, and it is better for a Christian of little faith to be put to death for Jesus, whom the communists boast against, than for him to fight them. Even pagans can kill communists, but who can kill the faith that comes from God? That man or woman who died at their hands will live forever, but the communists who never repented will be forever dead, and suffering.
Likewise, it makes no sense for a follower of Christ to fight violence with violence, because a true follower of Christ has mercy as God gave mercy to him. Not a spirit of wrath, but of grace. Not a spirit of boasting, but humility. For the first shall be last, and the last shall be first.
Love your neighbour or else.
Jesus didn't tell you to tolerate the evil people. Quite the contrary: "Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you."
Believe in Jesus, or else.
You think Jesus came to bring peace or to bring a sword? "Do not assume that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword." "Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.…"
Jesus did not tell you to love degeneracy. We are told to hate wickedness. "To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech."
Christianity is all about love and tolerance? Yay hippie nonsense.
Christians love their neighbours, fellow Christians, but we do not tolerate the infidels and faithless commies.
So yes, if you want to play them at their own game, then Christianity has a 2000 years old track record of beating everyone else. And I'm a wicked atheist -- but I think it's mostly because the word that I was taught did not resonate with me. Reading the bible myself is restoring my faith, 1 verse at a time.
“I’m an atheist”
Which explains why you took the above verses out of context. Why didn’t Paul or Peter reign down fire on their enemies? Why does the father say, “Precious are the deaths of the saints in the eyes of the LORD”?
Because, his kingdom is not of this world, or the world would have been taken over. Instead, the saints now suffer, and increase in faith for the kingdom which is to come, and will come as the books of revelation, Isaiah, and Malachi foretell. Christians who suffer patiently for the coming grace show the faith the LORD has given them. And they pray for those who persecute them.
The LORD simply allows those who persecute them to either turn from their sin in repentance to Jesus, or perish. Why should people who were sinners and are now saved wish for the destruction of their former brothers who now suffer in their same evil?
Jesus didn't tell you to kneel before the commies. To accept degeneracy. "As for those who persist in sin, rebuke them in the presence of all, so that the rest may stand in fear."
What to do about faithless commies that deny Jesus or the Son? "Whoever abides in the teaching has both the Father and the Son. If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house or give him any greeting, for whoever greets him takes part in his wicked works."
I'm still a newb, so if I am "taking it out of context", I would rather you bring forth the needed understanding than using rhetorical questions. What I did find is that reading the bible for myself is giving me an entirely different understanding than the one I've been taught and Jesus is full of strength and mighty, one could say Godly, power.
I haven't come to the pray for my enemies part of the bible. To be honest, the first half of the book is about how God destroys anyone who just as much as looks at his people in the wrong way and Jesus doesn't seem to be much forgiving to the cities that don't kindly welcome his disciplies either. In fact, from what I've read, Christians wouldn't be asking if they can please not bake that gay cake, lol. As if they needed permission from disbelievers.
You’re wrong. Why did Paul, who wrote much of the New Testament, saw Jesus personally, and perform many miracles, willingly suffer so much at the hands of Jews and gentiles alike? Surely it was not because they were stronger than Christ, but because it glorified Christ for Paul to be merciful towards them in the same way God was to him.
The world loves violence, and bloodshed. The nation’s roar and harm each other as they always have, but God’s kingdom stands firm. Jesus is still at the right hand of God, and it is better for a Christian of little faith to be put to death for Jesus, whom the communists boast against, than for him to fight them. Even pagans can kill communists, but who can kill the faith that comes from God? That man or woman who died at their hands will live forever, but the communists who never repented will be forever dead, and suffering.
Likewise, it makes no sense for a follower of Christ to fight violence with violence, because a true follower of Christ has mercy as God gave mercy to him. Not a spirit of wrath, but of grace. Not a spirit of boasting, but humility. For the first shall be last, and the last shall be first.